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Finals:
Kelly/Schroeder/Pawson - Part 2March 24

The familiar phrase goes "What happens in
Vegas stays in Vegas", but when you're sitting at a high-tech version of
a final table in the International Consumer Electronics Show, with the
eyes of a nation upon you, it'll be a bit hard to keep that saying true.

The cream has risen to the top as the
longest-serving champion Dan Pawson and the winningest champion Larissa
Kelly go up against the veritable Cinderella story Aaron Schroeder. One
of them is going to win $50,000. Another still, $100,000. But the player
who has the most money at the end of the two-part finale... they get a
quarter of a million dollars and the title of Jeopardy! Grand Champion.

At this crucial juncture of the game,
it's all about two things... How bad do you want it... and how good do
you think you are?

Last time, it was thumb versus thumb, wit
versus wit, and in the end, the two powerhouses led.

Larissa Kelly
El Cerrito, CA
grad student
Won Game 2
Won Game 7

Aaron Schroeder
San Diego
grad student
Won Game 4
Won Game 8

Dan Pawson
Boston
legislative aide
Won Game 1
Won Game 6

$24,400

$9,600

$22,301

$2099 separates first place.
This is going to be a buzzer battle for the ages. Zero out the scores
and let's get to the Jeopardy! round...

A LITTLE LIT

VEGAS FILMS

AT THE BUFFET

FLOORING

REBELLIONS: SHAYS' &
WHISKEY

POETIC WORDS

Daily Double: $600
Flooring. Dan has $400 to Larissa's $200. Yes, it's
that early. Dan bets the
max of $1000 on this: this durable material almost
synonymous with mid-20th C. flooring was patented in
1863. "What is linoleum?"
Correct for $1400!

At the end of the Jeopardy! round...

$8,600

$3,800

$2,000

Larissa

Aaron

Dan

Double Jeopardy! categories:

TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES

THINK YOU KNOW BASEBALL?

CHAMPIONS OF TOURNAMENTS

MEET THE BEADLES

ADJECTIVES TO USE IN
VEGAS

A VISIT TO THE BROOKHAVEN
NATIONAL LABORATORY

We're all going hunting for
the Daily Doubles, but Larissa would find both.

Daily Double #1: $2000 Adjectives to
Use in Vegas. Larissa trails by $4600, $10,200 to his $14,800. Aaron has $9000.
She bets $5000 on this: from the Latin for "great-souled", it will describe your
immense generosity after you win big bucks. "What is magnanimous?" Correct for
$15,200 and the lead! And right afterwards...

Video Daily Double #2: $1200 A Visit
to the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Now comes the question... do you prefer
to win the tournament now or later? She opts for... later with a bet of $3000 on
this: the etcher used in the Center for Functional Nanomaterials' clean room
uses this highly ionized state of matter to work on tiny circuits. "What is
plasma?" Correct for $18,200!

At the end of the Double Jeopardy!
Round...

$21,800

$7,400

$19,200

Larissa

Aaron

Dan

Alrighty. Here's where we stand.

- Aaron has $7400 today. He has no
choice but to bet it all, giving him a final total of $24,400, which is only
good enough to tie Larissa's total from yesterday. Since she doesn't have to bet
it all today, Aaron is theoretically locked out of the big money. So sorry,
Aaron, but them's the breaks.

- Larissa had a $2099 advantage
going into today's show. If Dan were to go for broke, that would put him at
$60,701. In order to lock the tournament away, Larissa has to bet at least
enough money to supersede that. The magic number to do that... $14,502... If
ever there was a time for you to go big, now would be that time!

- But of course, Larissa could get
the Final wrong, dropping her to a theoretical total around $31,000. Dan already
has $22,301 banked, so he could do one of two things... Bet nothing and hope
that Larissa has a brain fart, or bet everything and force her into getting the
question right.

Final Jeopardy! category for all the
cheese: BRITISH ROYALTY

BORN IN 1683, THE SECOND BRITISH
KING OF THIS NAME WAS THE LAST ONE NOT BORN IN THE BRITISH ISLES

And that sound you heard was
a woman screeching, because she can't believe just what happened...

$24,400

$9,600

$22,301

$ 6,800

$14,800

$26,200

$31,200

$24,400

$48,501

1st Runner-Up
$100,000

2nd Runner-Up
$50,000

GRAND CHAMPION
$250,000

Congratulations to Dan
Pawson, this year's Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions winner! And props
to both Aaron and Larissa for making this one of the greatest tournament
finals, if not THE greatest tournament final, in the history of
Jeopardy!

We're back
in LA next time!

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